Fourth gear, the bills: at the moment, electric car ownership is encouraged with tax breaks.

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As he reached the brow of the hill, Ramshaw said he had just gone into fourth gear but was not driving fast.

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But they may have to shift into fifth or at least fourth gear instead of the usual second gear of the Chinese government.

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If, motoring along in fourth gear at 1, 000 rpm, you nail the throttle, the car will generate nearly 0.5 g of longitudinal acceleration until it hits 6, 000 rpm.

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Veeco Instruments shares traded lower after hours Monday after the producer of LED manufacturing gear issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter.

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No surprise that contract manufacturers for electronic gear have sprung up in Malaysia and China, where skill levels are high but labor costs only a fourth what it does in the U.S. GM's former parts-making subsidiary, Delphi, which opened its first plant in Mexico in 1978, now has 55 plants there.

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